The Global Life Of Austerity : Comparing Beyond Europe

Austerity and structural adjustment programs are just the latest forms of neoliberal policy to have a profoundly damaging impact on the targeted populations. Yet, as the contributors to this collection argue, the recent austerity-related European crisis is not a breach of erstwhile development schemes, but a continuation of economic policies. Using historical analysis and ethnographically-grounded research, this volume shows the similarities of the European conundrum with realities outside Europe, seeing austerity in a non-Eurocentric fashion. In doing so, it offers novel insights as to how economic crises are experienced at a global level.

• | Author: Theodoros Rakopoulos, Theodoros Rakopoulos
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Jun 18, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 136 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1785338706
• | ISBN-13: 9781785338700